In order to develop and install new soft play themed attractions, British Merlin Entertainments operating group has partnered with the play equipment specialists from Lappset Creative (a business unit of Finland’s Lappset Group, specialized in (...) read more
This past weekend, SeaWorld’s Aquatica water park in Orlando has launched its new “Ray Rush” hybrid slide, combining three different slide elements (cf. EAP news from October 13th, 2017). In multiple-person rafts, bathing guests start their (...) read more
Since its opening in 1996, the “Jurassic Park – The Ride” rafting attraction has been enthusing visitors to Universal Studios Hollywood. Based on Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster movie “Jurassic Park” premiered in 1993, the attraction takes visitors (...) read more
As Visit Orlando, the region’s official destination tourism and marketing organization, has revealed yesterday, 72 million visitors traveled to Orlando in 2017, representing a new record for Orlando (2016: 68 million) and a historic milestone in the (...) read more
A site close to Hong Kong International Airport will be home to Skycity – a new 2.5 billion US Dollar (approx. 2.1 billion Euro) mixed-used complex for business venues, retail shops and entertainment offerings, which is set to become the largest of (...) read more
Yesterday, SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. presented their results for the first quarter of FY 2018, reporting a positive development in comparison to the previously declining revenue and attendance figures (cf. EAP news from February 27th, (...) read more
This past Monday, Movie Park Germany finally launched its redesigned rapid river ride attraction under its new name “Excalibur – Secrets of the Dark Forest”, taking guests on a journey into the world of Merlin and King Arthur (c.f. our park report (...) read more
On May 2nd & 3rd, the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) held its annual European conference on future trends for amusement parks at Germany’s Europa-Park. Some 120 participants from 17 countries came together in Rust to discuss topics such as (...) read more
Canada-based CAVU Designwerks and England’s Force Engineering company, which is specialized in the development, design and production of Linear Induction Motors (LIMs), have signed a strategic partnership in order to sell the low-maintenance (...) read more
Last year, SeaWorld Orlando has announced its plans to build a “Sesame Street” theme area, following the announcement of SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. and Sesame Workshop to continue their partnership through to December 2031 (cf. EAP news from May (...) read more
Torrance/California-based MediaMation company – specialist for interactive technology and system integration, known for its patented “MX4D Motion EFX” technology for theaters and seats (cf. EAP, 1/18) – has recently signed new strategic partnerships (...) read more
Seeing the world from the perspective of wild dolphins – such an experience is offered with the new 4D short movie “Being Dolphin 4D”, produced by Adam Ellison, which was recently premiered at The National Aquarium in Baltimore/Maryland. The 4D film (...) read more
The course for the further development of China’s rapidly growing film industry is set: The Qingdao Movie Metropolis – a giant film production city, which is expected to host more than 500 national and international movie production companies within (...) read more
Polin Waterparks, founded in 1976 and primarily known for equipping water parks with water slides and water play structures, is repositioning itself. The company announced that it has reached a milestone in its history with the recent establishment (...) read more
Tomorrow will see the opening of the first monte mare hotel (c.f. our report in EAP, 5/17), which has been built adjacent to the existing wellness, sauna & fitness facility of the monte mare group in Andernach (cf. EAP, 6/15). The new offer for (...) read more
After Six Flags Entertainment Corporation had already registered record results for the 2017 business year (cp. EAP news f. 23 Feb 2018), the US operator group is now closing the first quarter of 2018 with record results: Compared to the same period (...) read more
German specialist for simulator and dark ride attractions Simtec Systems has expanded the company’s office building at its headquarters in Braunschweig. The size of office space was nearly doubled so that Simtec will be able to increase the number (...) read more
The US media group Comcast, which took over full ownership of NBCUniversal in 2011 and therefore also owns the subsidiary Universal Parks & Resorts, reported its first quarter 2018 results today. Accordingly, the company recorded a revenue growth of (...) read more
Following the addition of Commercial Director Carin van Berkel to Toverland’s management team last month (we reported on this in EAP 2/2018), the Dutch amusement park has now announced to expand their management team to include Teun Dielesen as new (...) read more
Based on the popular Ravensburger board game classic “The Crazy Labyrinth”, this coming Friday will see the opening of the world’s first Ravensburger escape room as the fourth play at the Geschlossene Gesellschaft escape game center in (...) read more
